Resource Information

The item Modern times, United Artists ; written, [produced] and directed by Charles Chaplin ; assistant director Carter De Haven, (DVD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Garland County Library.

This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.

A hapless factory worker cracks under the strain of his job and is sent off in a paddy wagon. He then finds himself unemployed, on the streets of Depression America, where he befriends a young woman fleeing childcare authorities, and they embark on a misadventure-filled search for happiness

An imaginative, often slapstick satire on the alienating and disruptive effects of mass production and automation. Charlie Chaplin, in his last portrayal of his famous character the Tramp, goes from a factory worker to jailbird to night watchman to singing waiter, beset on all fronts by bad luck, misunderstandings, and unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Befriended only by a lovely but wild street waif, he labors against all odds to make a life for himself. Primarily a silent film with music, sound effects, and some spoken and sung dialogue

by Philippe Truffault with the participation of Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne

(26 mins.) -- Introduction :

[Chaplin's biographer sets the film in its historical and cinematic context]

by David Robinson

(6 mins.) -- Deleted scenes : [Charlie's nonsense song in its complete version, including the final verse, also a scene in which Charlie tries to cross the street] (5 mins.) -- Karaoke : [the mystery of Charlie's nonsense song solved in its Karaoke version] (3 mins.)

A hapless factory worker cracks under the strain of his job and is sent off in a paddy wagon. He then finds himself unemployed, on the streets of Depression America, where he befriends a young woman fleeing childcare authorities, and they embark on a misadventure-filled search for happiness

An imaginative, often slapstick satire on the alienating and disruptive effects of mass production and automation. Charlie Chaplin, in his last portrayal of his famous character the Tramp, goes from a factory worker to jailbird to night watchman to singing waiter, beset on all fronts by bad luck, misunderstandings, and unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Befriended only by a lovely but wild street waif, he labors against all odds to make a life for himself. Primarily a silent film with music, sound effects, and some spoken and sung dialogue

by Philippe Truffault with the participation of Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne

(26 mins.) -- Introduction :

[Chaplin's biographer sets the film in its historical and cinematic context]

by David Robinson

(6 mins.) -- Deleted scenes : [Charlie's nonsense song in its complete version, including the final verse, also a scene in which Charlie tries to cross the street] (5 mins.) -- Karaoke : [the mystery of Charlie's nonsense song solved in its Karaoke version] (3 mins.)

by Philippe Truffault with the participation of Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne

(26 mins.) -- Introduction :

[Chaplin's biographer sets the film in its historical and cinematic context]

by David Robinson

(6 mins.) -- Deleted scenes : [Charlie's nonsense song in its complete version, including the final verse, also a scene in which Charlie tries to cross the street] (5 mins.) -- Karaoke : [the mystery of Charlie's nonsense song solved in its Karaoke version] (3 mins.)